My recent writings on GM food crops, including in The Land newspaper last Thursday, have resulted in some emails suggesting that I am wrong and that organics, rather than GM, really are the answer. I received an email with a link to a paper titled … [Read more...] about Organics Use Less Energy?
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What is Wilderness? (Part 1)
In order to understanding how and why the coronial inquiry into the January 2003 Canberra bushfires unraveled, and in order to understand the recent decision of the ACT Supreme Court to clear Coroner Maria Doogan of 'apprehended bias', it is perhaps … [Read more...] about What is Wilderness? (Part 1)
Don Burke Talks About the AEF
Don Burke was on ABC Television's Landline program today talking about the need for a new approach to environmental issues. You can view the interview at: http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2005/s1436505.htm . Don was speaking as Chair of the … [Read more...] about Don Burke Talks About the AEF
Burning Sumatra
The hundreds of forest and plantation fires burning in Sumatra are choking out Malaysia. Greenpeace have commented that "the 1997 fires in Indonesia's rainforests added as much carbon to the atmosphere as all the coal, oil and gas burned in Western … [Read more...] about Burning Sumatra
The Troposphere is Warming
Three new research papers debunk earlier research that showed the planet was not warming up, according to ABC Online. The news report states: In 1990, study of data collected by the University of Alabama satellite found that the atmosphere's … [Read more...] about The Troposphere is Warming
ABC TV Got it Half Right on Rangeland Management
ABC Television program Catalyst ran a story last night featuring the work of botanist Rod Fensham. Fensham has done some great research work on Queensland's rangelands. But the program, by putting a popularist spin on it all, did our rangelands and … [Read more...] about ABC TV Got it Half Right on Rangeland Management
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
